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Och-Ziff raises biggest real estate fund yetThe New York-based hedge fund manager held a final closing for its third opportunistic real estate fund, Och-Ziff Real Estate Fund III, on $1.5 billion - 50 percent more than originally targeted.
- The good ship Park Hill
Once again, a well-known franchise in the private equity real estate industry has had a change of course thrust upon it by the elements.
- Valad raises €200m for Central Europe
The London-based real estate investment management firm hopes to build a portfolio of shopping centers, retail parks and other outlets worth €500 million through a new joint venture with a “new investor.”
- Blackstone sells Valad industrial assets in Australia
The New York private equity real estate giant has offloaded a portfolio of logistics assets inherited in its 2011 acquisition of Australian real estate investment management firm Valad in a deal valued at A$138m.
- EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone bolsters asset management ranks in Asia
Two managing directors and a principal have been hired for the asset management team as the New York-based giant puts its growing capital resources to work in the region.
- Blackstone reopens European RE fund
The New York-based private equity and real estate firm is taking “the unusual step” to expand BREP Europe IV by an additional $2 billion.
- CBRE: $40bn of Asia funds to terminate before 2017
The global property services firm reckoned in its latest white paper there will be insufficient capital to meet a wave of assets in the region that must be sold.
- EXPO 2014: PE firms buy 76% of Euro deals
Commercial real estate loans and real estate owned are being snapped up by private capital in three quarters of the cases – and Europe’s ‘bad banks’ are the big opportunity.
- Valad Europe stake up for grabs
Blackstone and the management of Valad Europe are running a process via UBS to advise on the sale of the private equity firm’s majority stake in the European asset and investment manager with a €4.9 billion portfolio and 180 staff in 13 countries.
- EXCLUSIVE: Partners builds $400m stake in record Asia fund
Over a series of transactions, the Zug-based private markets investment manager, has built up a stake in BlackRock Asia Fund III, equivalent to 10 percent of its original $3.9 billion of equity.